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11 02 2006, 4:52 pm / Other
I am not against government. Someone has to have the official job of protecting us from worse governments that would invade us if there was no military in place, someone has to judge between victims and perpertrators and make sure that restitution is made, someone has to make sure that people are truthful in their advertizing and that they fulfill their contracts, someone has to make sure that companies are not killing their ususpecting neighbors as they pursue profits, but I am not for BIG government. Many people feel that government should be paternal. They want government to be a big brother that equalizes all unfairness (at least whatever a particular group deems unfair) and a loving father that makes sure all of it's children get what they need ( again, the same percieved need). This kind of government will decide who desrves to reap the rewards of who's labors this kind of government decides what and who is offensive, and this kind of government will decide what is safe for you to do with yourself and your property. None of this is necessarily bad in and of itself. I want many of the same things that the advocates of such a government wants. The only problem is all of this involves people. Where do we find people wise enough to decide these things for us and honest enough to carry out these duties without corruption. The history of the world and the history of this country in particular, show that it is not among the political encumbants and hopefuls we have at our disposal. I am not saying that ALL politicians are immoral or ignorant, but the deck is stacked against those of us that are looking for representatives that fall into neither class. If we do happen to find someone who is both wise and honest there is no guarantee that associating with the rest of the fools will not effect their judgement and that power and kickbacks will not corrupt their morals. There are exceptions, but are there enough to make a real difference. History seems to say otherwise. Human nature has not changed over the course of written history. As a whole we are all made of the same stuff. That is one of the very reasons we need something in place to do the things I mentioned in the first paragraph, but it is also the reason that we need to limit goverments powers to the bare minimum. I may not be able to necessarily trust my neighbor (or his corperation or special interest group), but he has no real power to control me. I can kepp an eye on him, presure him to change, ignore him, compete with him, ect., but who is going to protect me from my neighbor's government. There are many groups looking to take advantageof us and to make us to serve their needs, but in a truly free society they have the right to try and we have the right to resist, but when those same groups make up a government everyone MUST go along. So I will happily deal with the devils that I know and run up against everyday than the untouchable devils I don't know who hide out in government offices.
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